TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2011//
TI  - Prevalence of and risk factors for lifetime suicide attempts among Caribbean people in the French West Indies
JO  - Psychiatry research
A1  - Slama, Frederic
A1  - Merle, Sylvie
A1  - Ursulet, Gilbert
A1  - Charles-Nicolas, Aime
A1  - Ballon, Nicolas
SP  - 271
EP  - 274
VL  - 190
IS  - 2-3
N2  - It has been suggested that Black people show lower suicidality than White people. The few conflicting studies estimating lifetime prevalence of suicide attempts in Caribbean populations were mainly carried out in the UK and the USA. Our aim was to investigate the prevalence of lifetime suicide attempts among the French Caribbean general population still living in the West Indies. As part of an international epidemiological multicenter study under the authority of the World Health Organization French Collaborating Centre, we interviewed 887 individuals selected from the general population in the Caribbean island of Martinique, using the Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview. 4.4% (N=39) of the interviewed individuals reported having attempted suicide. Younger age, lifetime diagnoses of major mood disorder, panic disorder and alcohol dependence were all associated with a lifetime history of suicide attempts. Lifetime prevalence of suicide attempts among the French Caribbean general population was almost half as much as that measured in continental France.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0165-1781
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2011.08.007
ID  - ref1
ER  -